AutoPuzzles Theater 6

[Otto Puzzell]

Thank you, John!

Today's matinee is a potpourri of informative and sometimes humorous looks at cars, how they are built, how they work, and how to sell them.

First up, a quick ad for "Battleship" game, followed by a Firesign Theater spoof of a car dealer's ad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rCY6StJNVU


Next, a vintage ad for a real "Tiger", the Pontiac GTO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9iGMAzi_9A


In this film, we'll see just how proud GM was, when it came to the panoramic windshield of the new '54 Buicks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGhpnWuBib0


Here's a German language newsreel clip about a capable off-roader that has been an AutoPuzzles puzzle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_5Y0N9bxus


The Kaiser-Frazer Corporation was the result of a partnership between automobile executive Joseph W. Frazer and industrialist Henry J. Kaiser. Short subject includes glimpse of the company's beginnings, including re-tooling of the Willow Run plant to build these cars. Also, some flying car footage, and some non-automotive content.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4ur4aiRN9Y


This film from the Salvation Army tells of William Booth's evangelic travels through England in an automobile.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lX9_assFLA


Next, a short on the wonders of auto loans, courtesy of Chemical Bank

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMxJmBPPmak


An educational film about iron. How it's made, and how it makes automobiles better

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gmhNKcPpi8


Here, Rube Goldberg introduces us to inventions, patents, and the wonders of internal combustion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WljYpgLsO-U


Super-8 footage of a Go-Kart race shot in a shopping center parking lot. That's Jan and Dean wailing Drag City (which doesn't really fit this type of racing, but what the heck)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VxoLo2ESdQ


See you next time!

[Otto Puzzell]

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